Websites for Research in Religion
Department of Religion
Mount Olive College
NOT APPROVED!
The following websites are NOT approved for use in research in religion. If one of these
websites shows up in your paper, you will be penalized one letter grade.
www.wikipedia.org: Wikipedia is not always reliable. It is a collaborative website that anyone
signed up as a user can go in and add, delete or change information.
www.answers.com: for the same reason stated above.
www.ask.com: for the same reason stated above.
APPROVED
General Documentation
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/cmosfaq.html: Chicago Manual of Style
General & Interdisciplinary
http://www.baptists4ethics.com: Baptist Center for Ethics
www.truthorfiction.com
www.religion-online.org: Religion Online – articles from a variety of topics
http://www.beliefnet.com: Beliefnet
www.religionexplorer.com: crawler-based search engine
www.philosophyofreligion.info/: Philosophy of Religion
http://pewforum.org/: Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
http://www.ccel.org: This is the "Christian Classics Ethereal Library." It has an extensive
collection of primary source material.
http://www.mb-soft.com/believe: Short articles to clarify just about anything you might wonder
about in church history or theology.
Historical Studies
http://www.uh.edu/engines/medievalwomen/wmahome.htm
http://www.medievalsources.co.uk/portal_women.htm
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html: The Medieval Sourcebook. Excellent primary
sources
http://www.euratlas.net/history/europe/index.html: This is a beautiful century-by-century map of
Europe and the Mediterranean.
http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/christian-history.html: Provides links to documents from
early church history available on the Internet.
Biblical Studies
www.bsw.org (Biblical Studies on the Web)
http://www.greeknstuff.com/classic.html
http://www.ntgreek.org/
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http://www.textweek.com/: Lectionary based resources w/ commentaries from Patristics to
Reformers
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/gutenberg: Gutenberg Bible
http://www.aarweb.org/syllabus/syllabi/a/ascough/Paul/realreel.htm Jesus Real to Reel – films
on the life of Jesus
http://www.otgateway.com/: Old Testament resources
www.ntgateway.com: The New Testament Gateway
http://virtualreligion.net/iho/index.html: Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus
Spiritual Formation
www.ccel.org: Christian Classics Library
www.shalem.org: Shalem Institute
www.journeytothecross.org: Journey to the Cross—online devotions
www.newadvent.org: Catholic Encyclopedia online
http://www.centeringprayer.com/: Contemplative Prayer, Centering Prayer
http://www.spiritualitytoday.org/spir2day/: Journal articles on spirituality
Theology.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html: The Medieval Sourcebook. Excellent primary
sources
http://www.ccel.org: This is the "Christian Classics Ethereal Library;" it has an extensive
collection of primary source material.
World Religions
www.interfaithcenter.org
http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Buddhism.html: Buddhist Studies
www.buddhanet.net
www.ajc.org: American Jewish Committee
www.beliefnet.com: Beliefnet
www.religioustolerance.org
http://www.uga.edu/islam/: Islamic Studies
www.jcrelations.net/en/index.php: Jewish-Christian Relations
www.imja.org: International Messianic Jewish Alliance
www.religionexplorer.com:crawler-based search engine
www.religionwriters.com: Religion writers reference library
http://www.religionfacts.com: Religion Facts on all the World’s Religions
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/: Internet Sacred Text Archive
http://www.bahai.org/: The Bahá’í Faith 2